Hungry squirrel tampers with presidential election

With Election Day on the horizon, the threat of a rigged election has many Americans deeply worried.

Though it's very hard to rig the process, people are still nervous it will happen -- especially with all the hacking that has happened recently.

But, as it turns out, the first threat to the American voting system was not a hacker at all -- it was a hungry squirrel.

The furry animal chewed through a power line in Troy, Ohio on Monday, cutting off the power to the Miami County Courthouse, which oversees the voting process, according to Vocativ.

"The power was out between the two buildings for a little over two hours," Beverley Kendall, Director of the County Board of Elections, told Vocativ.

At least 300 people voted by paper ballot by that time on Monday, according to local My Dayton Daily News.

Kendall said she wasn't sure how many people had to leave without casting their votes after the power went out.

No one knows if the squirrel survived the incident.

It's not unusual for the animals to cause power outages. It happens hundreds of times every year.

According to Cyber Squirrel 1, a website that tracks outages caused by squirrels across the U.S., jokes that squirrels cause more damage to the American infrastructure than a cyberattack could.

The website listed dozens of incidents this year alone.

If you fear that the election will be rigged, something that is popular but largely unfounded, be sure to vote anyway. You are much more likely to be foiled by a squirrel than a hacker.

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